Related: Even Off the Ice, Maple Leafs Jake Muzzin Plays Key Playoff Role. John Tavares scored at 4:36 of overtime and Ilya Samsonov made 31 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Saturday to win their series 4-2 and advance in the post . Florida still narrowly holds the title in the US per Vaisalas Interactive Global Lightning Density Map, with around 83 lightning events per square kilometer every year. Copyright 1999-2020 Lightning Hockey, L.P. and the National Hockey League. It's 2023, we're not used to this feeling," Lightning coach Jon Cooper said. Who was the greatest hockey player of all time? (WFLA) Theres no shortage of creepy critters invading our homes this time of year. She also trolled Caps fans on social media. All NHL logos and marks and NHL team logos and marks depicted herein are the property of the NHL and the respective teams and may not be reproduced without the prior written consent of NHL Enterprises, L.P. NHL 2023. "You don't really know how to feel. Tampa Bay Lightning Fans | Tampa Bay Lightning - NHL It is a priority for CBC to create products that are accessible to all in Canada including people with visual, hearing, motor and cognitive challenges. The Preds also boast the celebrity couple of Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman, as well as country legend Tim McGraw. John Tavares scored at 4:36 of overtime and Ilya Samsonov made 31 saves as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Saturday to win their series 4-2 and advance in the post-season for the first time in nearly two decades. Finally, you have the leader of a country, Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau, who did one of the most Canadian things in recent memory -- chirping the Leafs: The roster: Jordan Buhat, Brett Kissel, Todd McFarlane, Kurt Browning, Kevin Smith. You lose three games at home in that fashion, in three overtimes, you're probably not going to win the series.". Pat Sajak is one of my favorite people on this list. Lightning captain Steven Stamkos said that chance was indicative of how the series went for them. AYE, AYE, CAPTAIN pic.twitter.com/9iND5Yj9wW, "We played well enough to win this series," Tampa head coach Jon Cooper said. Then there's Dr. Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, who is not only a Super Bowl champion but also famously opted out of the 2020 NFL season to work at a long-term care facility in Quebec, working on the COVID-19 front lines. The NHL needs to fire the refs when they continue to ignore penalties, but then call the same or lesser penalty against the lightning. Former Conn Smythe Trophy winning goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy has been extremely human in the postseason, sporting a completely . The perennially cursed, perennially disappointing Leafs finally got the job done in the first round of the playoffs, taking the series 4-2 over the Tampa Bay Lightning for their first appearance in the second round of the NHL postseason since 2004. The roster: Richard Dean Anderson, the Hanson brothers, Prince, Nick Swardson, Katy Perry. The Lighting lost to the . The Tampa Bay Lightning (colloquially known as the Bolts) are a professional ice hockey team based in Tampa, Florida. Lightning Hockey, L.P. is a division of Vinik Sports Group. "Special being a Maple Leaf," said the 32-year-old from Oakville, Ont. Let's see how the NHL celebrity starting lineups stack up! Actor AnnaSophia Robb is a Denver native, and while we didn't find any public Avs fandom, we will just assume it lives within. That didn't waver her fandom, though! Mr. Rogers has his own Penguins trading card, and was their celebrity captain on the 1991 list. The Leafs started to turn a corner by going toe-to-toe with the battle-tested Lighting last year, but lost in a matchup that went the distance despite leading the series 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2, including an OT defeat in Game 6 where they also led Tampa in the third period. Yes, rooting for a divisional rival might feel wrong, but given other options available, they are a franchise that would be fun to see make a run now that Tampa Bay no longer has a horse in the race. "To . Sign up for Lightning Strikes, a weekly newsletter from Bolts beat writer Eduardo A. Encina that brings you closer to the ice. We're not sure whether he had a wicked slapshot but can confirm he had some skills on the basketball court. No," Cooper said. That's good enough to at the very least be the "enforcer" on this squad, especially given the considerable Irish heritage in the city of Boston. Sonya sings the national anthem before every Lightning home game at Amalie Arena. WATCH | Tavares scores in OT to eliminate Lightning: The Leafs captain, who signed with Toronto in 2018 after bolting the New York Islanders in free agency, threw a puck in front that went off Lightning defenceman Darren Raddysh's skate and in for his fourth goal of the series to send Toronto players spilling off the bench in ecstasy. The "Wheel of Fortune" host is a true lover of Capitals hockey. They blew the Leafs out in Game 1, they dominated most of Game 3 and they were 10 minutes away from winning in a rout in Game 4.